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SEE: Kevin Spacey Case: What Happened

Kevin Spacey took the stand as the first witness in his own defence in the sex abuse trial filed against him.




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BAFTA Nominations: RRR Out, All That Breathes In

This comes as a rare miss for RRR, which bagged a Golden Globe for Best Original Song for the song Naatu Naatu and Critics Choice Awards for Best Foreign Language film and Best Song.




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The Song That Made Everyone Cry At The Oscars

Singer Billie Eilish moved everyone to tears when she performed the Barbie soundtrack, What Was I Made For?, at the Oscars 2024.




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Forest guide at Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary, Sudha Chandran, speaks of a lifetime in bird watching

Winner of the PV Thampy Memorial Endowment Award, Sudha Chandran, on her deep-rooted connection with the forest



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What does the new-age buyer want?

Vineet Relia of SARE Homes talks to Lakshmi Krupa about financial innovations, Chennai’s fascination for villa projects, and the city’s changing needs…



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Q & A: What is the standard car park stall size as per CMDA norms?

Your construction-related queries answered by Green Evolution, a Chennai-based architectural service firm



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What is your design philosophy?

City-based Neeras Design Studio completes a year in the elite interiors segment.Sadhana Srinivasan, CEO, who studied design at the Inchbald School of Design talks to Lakshmi Krupa about the luxury market, international brands and more…



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The beat that skips the heart




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Peptide-based self-assembled monolayers (SAMs): what peptides can do for SAMs and vice versa

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, 53,3714-3773
DOI: 10.1039/D3CS00921A, Review Article
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Carlos Redondo-Gómez, Paula Parreira, M. Cristina L. Martins, Helena S. Azevedo
Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) based on peptides represent a reproducible platform for screening and studying peptide functions and facilitating their translation into multidisciplinary applications.
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What is Narain Karthikeyan up to after racing?

Narain Karthikeyan, in a free-wheeling chat, reflects on his start-up venture, DriveX, the CoASTT circuit he helped develop, and the future of motorsport




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At the brand new Madras International Karting Arena, drive on the track that Mika Hakkinen, Narain Karthikeyan, and Karun Chandhok raced on

At the brand new Madras International Karting Arena, drive on the track that Mika Hakkinen, Narain Karthikeyan, and Karun Chandhok raced on The 1.2 kilometre track is India’s first karting circuit built to FIA-CIK (Commission Internationale de Karting) specifications



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That `Aha' moment

With lively demonstrations in his after-school physics classes and well-planned online courses, Balaji Sampath has revolutionised science teaching.




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Not declaring deletions on Mahatma Gandhi, RSS in textbooks an ‘oversight’, says NCERT head

The issue is being blown out of proportion, says D.P. Saklani, reacting to the controversy over the removal of sentences on Gandhiji and the RSS; Congress president Kharge says the BJP cannot erase history, no matter how hard it tries




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The lodge that Beaver built / Randi Sonenshine ; illustrated by Anne Hunter

Sonenshine, Randi, 1968- author




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What will I discover? / by Tanya Lloyd Kyi ; art by Rachel Qiuqi

Kyi, Tanya Lloyd, 1973- author




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Extreme weather for kids : lessons and activities all about hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, and more! / Matthew Cappucci ; illustrated by Stephanie Hathaway

Cappucci, Matthew, author




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Spark, shine, glow! : what a light show / written by Lola M. Schaefer ; illustrated by James Yang

Schaefer, Lola M., 1950- author




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What prevents a business from scaling sustainably?

Why a headcount spike cannot be confused with organisational growth




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Edtechs that cleared the endurance test

Start-ups focused on learning while remaining conservative with cash have not only scaled up but proved profitable




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The values that Silicon Valley brings to the table

What would it take for the Indian start-up ecosystem to match the calibre of Silicon Valley




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What comes first — a company or its founders?

Why a start-up must have first right over all scarce resources




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What holds back a small-town woman’s business dreams

Does big-city confidence, English speaking skills boost entrepreneurial success?




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Digital detox for hallucinating chatbots and other AI fails

Bengaluru start-up’s automated platform detects and fixes machine learning gone wrong




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What’s experience got to do with starting up?

How important is work experience before venturing into entrepreneurship?




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A budget that chose to be on the side of the angels

Why the nixing of angel tax can prove a game changer for job creation in India




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A motor that cuts import of Chinese raw material

Chennai startup Viridian Ingni Propulsion develops low-cost motor that works with magnets free of rare earth materials




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What could be the low-temperature limit of atomic layer deposition of platinum using MeCpPtMe3 and oxygen?

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04679J, Communication
Hao Van Bui, Anh Phan Nguyen, Manh Duc Dang, Truong Duc Dinh, Patricia J. Kooyman, J. Ruud Van Ommen
Room-temperature atmospheric-pressure ALD enables the deposition of highly dispersed Pt sub-nanometer clusters on a gram-scale quantity of TiO2 nanopowder.
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The kheer that cheers

Almonds, milk and saffron always add up to a happy occasion, writes SHANTHINI RAJKUMAR




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The 2022 sadya fix: what Chennai’s restaurants have in store

Festive fundraisers, takeaway menus, and payasam gift boxes. There’s a lot to choose from for this year’s Onam sadya




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Farmlore in Bengaluru sets out to prove that luxury dining can be local, ethical and even fun

Set on 37 acres of farmland, the restaurant seats just 18 guests, serving multi-course menus starring ethically sourced seafood and meat, as well as freshly harvested vegetables and foraged wild greens




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What makes Kongunadu veeran soru and naatu kozhi saaru so unique?

Game for some flavourful veeran soru and naatu kozhi saaru? The ongoing Kongunadu food festival at Gokulam Park showcases some most-loved dishes and culinary traditions from the region



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What is special about the Travancore biryani? Follow the trail

The long-grained biryani, once popular in southern Kerala, is intertwined with the story of Travancore and its residents




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Symbol that inspires jnana




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Adsorption isotherms of enantiomers on a chiral open-framework copper borophosphate LiCu2[BP2O8(OH)2]

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7189-7196
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00314D, Paper
Zhanna D. Uteeva, Raul U. Sadykov, Diana O. Bagdanova, Marat R. Agliullin, Vladimir Yu. Guskov
The chiral recognition during adsorption in pores with only supramolecular (not molecular) chirality was shown for the first time on zeotype material copper borophosphate LiCu2[BP2O8(OH)2].
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Effect of Functionalized Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes on Mechanical, Swelling and Viscoelastic Properties on Gum ghatti-cl-poly(NIPAm) Hydrogels

New J. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ01677G, Paper
Pragnesh N Dave, Pradip Macwan
The present work involves the Gum ghatti-cl-poly(NIPAm)/-o-MWCNT (GGNIPACNT) hydrogels via free radical polymerization technique. The synthesized hydrogels were characterized by FTIR analysis which suggested the successful binding of -o-MWCNT in...
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Now in Developer Preview: Enhancing Chat with the Google Chat API

The Google Chat API has been launched, allowing developers to build Chat apps that enable real-time collaboration between Google Chat and other systems.




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All that fizz

Mix, match and juggle. Flair Mixology is adding glamour to the world of cocktails in city lounges.




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What’s new in Philadelphia’s art and culture scene ?

Museums, murals, walking tours and gardens. Philadelphia has added more to its list of touristy things to do in 2022




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What’s on in Bengaluru this weekend




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These motorcyclists at the India Bike Week shatter myths about ‘women bikers’

Maral Yazarloo-Pattrick, Sameera Dahiya, and Urvashi Patole smash stereotypes about female bikers in India




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Shark Tank India’s Aman Gupta, Peyush Bansal on what to expect in season two of the reality show

‘Shark Tank India’ is back for season two with “smarter entrepreneurs and smarter sharks,” say the sharks Peyush Bansal and Aman Gupta




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Ahead of 2023, here are five stories that prove it’s never too late to learn something new

These people could inspire you to take up a hobby or learn a skill this New Year, no matter how old you are



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What are the effects of environmental factors on Co speciation at the magnetite surface?

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00962A, Paper
Laura Fablet, Fadi Choueikani, Mathieu Pédrot, Rémi Marsac
Magnetite nanoparticles are abundant in the environment and are notably used for environmental applications due to their unique magnetic, adsorption and redox properties.
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Real-time assessment of the impacts of polystyrene and silver nanoparticles on the hatching process and early-stage development of Artemia using a microfluidic platform

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EN00116H, Paper
Preyojon Dey, Terence M. Bradley, Alicia Boymelgreen
Development of real-time in situ monitoring techniques is crucial for a mechanistic understanding of the impacts of pollution on the marine environment.
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Adsorption of nucleotides and nucleic acids on goethite nanoparticle: mode, sites and relationship with phosphate and non-phosphate structure

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00891F, Paper
Huajun Feng, Shanshan Ma, Zaiming Chen, Yungui Li, Meizhen Wang, Yangcheng Ding
The impact of iron (hydr)oxide adsorption on nucleotides and nucleic acids (NNA) in the environment varies. However, there is a lack of quantitative reports on how iron (hydr)oxide adsorption changes...
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Snapchat reaches over 200 million monthly active users in India

Snapchat has over 750 million monthly active users globally




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WhatsApp to launch usernames for accounts like Instagram

WhatsApp is working to launch ‘usernames’ for users on Android.




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WhatsApp launches screen-sharing, tabs for navigation bar on Android

Meanwhile, WhatsApp is working on a username feature




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WhatsApp releases status archive feature for businesses on Android

WhatsApp will roll out the functionality to more users in the coming weeks




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Top 5 latest WhatsApp features

WhatsApp on a roll-out spree